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L. H. PERLIVIAN.

WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 19H3.

1,324,321), Patented Dec. 9,1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT ormoni.

-`LoU1s H. rEnLMAN, or NEW YORK, Y.,

WHEEL.

Application filed September 23, 1916. Serial No. 121,832.

Wheels; and I -do hereby declare the following to be a frh-clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels of the type especially adapted for use onautomobiles, and more particularly relates tolthat type of wheel structure which has come to be known as a cross-cut demountable. l

The object in view is the lprovision of simple and efiicient means for retaining the ends of the rim' in proper operative relation with respect to each other and with respect to the Wheel body.

With this and further objects in View as will iii/part hereinafter become apparent and in part be stated, the invention comprises certain novelconstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as subsequently specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,-'-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a demountable rim embodying the features of the present invention, the rim end locking means being seen in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of .a fragment of a wheel body with the demountable 'rim removed.

|Fig. 3 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in transverse axialsection of a fragment of the wheel body and demountable rim assembled.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the planeindicated by line 4.--4 of Fig. l.

Figs. V5, 6, 7 and 8 are views, respectively, corresponding to Figs. l, 2, 3 and ll of a modified embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1

Aindicates the spokes, and 2 the wood felly band of the usual wheel b'ody. A felly band or fixed rim 3 of the usual type is mounted on the felly band 2 and at its inner edge is provided with the usual stop flange 4.

Mounted on the wheel body is the demontable rim 5 which is of the channel cross cut type. The rim ,5 rests at its inner edge against the stop ange 4 and is locked Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

in its4 operative position by the usual side wedges, or like locking means 7, appro riately spaced about the wheel. Such we ges are commonly employed in this art to exert an inclined pressure on the rim 5 in a direction for seating the rim axially against the iange 4 and at the same time pressing, the

rim radially outward in a direction away from the wheel body. The said wedges thus tend to expand the rim 5, and to consequently' pull the ends of the rim apart.

It is one of the objects of this invention to loc-k therim against separation at the cross cut, and to this end the rim 5 i's provided with a triangular plate 10 at each end, the said plates being so shaped and positioned with respect to each other that when the ends of the rim are in their operative position the two plates together form a V-shaped structure with the apex of the V presented axially inward. These plates may be provided on the rim in any appropriate manner, as by riveting or spot welding, or by bein stamped from the materialof the rim itsel Coperating with the plates l0 are wedge blocks 9, 9 carried by the felly band 3 and connected therewith. in any ap ropriate manner, the same as plates 10. T e wedge blocks 9 are approximately' triangular m shape and are arranged with their inclined faces so disposed as to provide an axially outwardly-opening substantially V-shaped pocket or recess into which the V-shaped structure formed of the two plates 10 is adapted to extend.

Thus, in operation, when the side wedges force the rim 5 over to its nal operative position on the wheel body the V-shaped structure formed of plates 10 is forced between the blocks 9, and the inclined faces of the respective contacting parts tend to draw A the ends of the rim together and thus effec-I tively counteract the tendency on the part of the rim to expand incident to the action of its locking wedges. The operation of the demountable rim 5 is the same as that of any ordinary cross cut demountable rim with the exception of the action of plates lO'andblocks 9 as above specified, the said plates and blocks serving also as drivers for the rim.

For the purpose'of clearness'of expression it is pointed out that in the wheel structure there are two directions which may be considered inward, and consequently. two directions which may be considered outward.

One inward direction is toward the ear on which the wheel is mounted and that direction is axially inward.v `The other direction inward is toward the axis of the wheel and that is referred to herein as radially inward. In Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive are seen a slightly 9a in this embodiment likewise corresponding to plates 9 are similarly stamped from the felly band 3a. The operation of the structure is the saine as that above described.

What I claim is l. The combination with a wheel body, of a felly band thereon havin stamped plates provided with axially inc ined edges presenting an axially inwardly tapering recess, a demountable rim for the wheel body having a radially inwardly stamped structure of substantially V shape form with the apex of the V pointing axially inward, and means for locking the deinountablev rim on the wheel body.

2. The combination with a wheel body, of

a felly band thereon havin stamped plates provided with axially inc ined edges presenting. an axially inwardly tapering recess,

ademountable run for the wheel body having a radially inwardly stamped structure yof substantially V shape form with the apex of the V ointing axially inward, and means for locking the demountable vrim on the wheel body, the demountable rim being cross cut across the said V-shapedstructure. t

3. The combination with a wheel bod of a felly band therein having stampedpl'ates provided with axially inclined edges presenting an axially inwardly tapering recess,

a demountable lrim for the wheel body hav` a radially inwardly stamped structure' lll ofgsubstantially V sha e form with the apex of the V pointing axially inward, and means for locking the demountable rim' on the wheel body. i

In' testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I. B. LnrBsoN, C.'W.` Mo'r'r. 

